It’s that time of year again! As the holidays quickly approach us, we wanted to do something fun and commemorative with the pack. We found a video on how to make paw print ornaments out of salt clay, but decided that the amount of salt in the recipe could be disastrous if someone was to accidentally ingest the clay. So we set out to find a recipe that would be non toxic, when we stumbled upon a simple, easy to follow, three ingredient recipe, we were sold!

This recipe is easy to make and best of all, easy to clean up! It is safe for pets and children (if you want to do hand prints). We enjoyed making the clay while spending time with each other.

Just a little blurb about how funny it was for us to mess up such an easy recipe, because, of course, we had to find a way. We were shopping and thought we had baking soda at home, so we decided not to buy any, only to realize that we only had baking powder. What’s the difference right? We can make our own original clay recipe right? People do it all the time, we can totally pull this off! So the first time around, we used baking powder instead of baking soda. Let me just say, it was not a good idea. The mixture bubbled violently and took forever to actually cook and turn into clay. We stirred our arms off! Once it turned into clay, it was leaky, wet, and kept cracking as we worked with it. It all took much longer than expected and ended with extremely fragile, cracked ornaments. Lesson learned, baking powder and baking soda are not the same thing. The second time around we followed the exact recipe and everything went a lot smoother. We may not be the craftiest people, but we did manage to make some mean paw print ornaments that we’ll get to treasure for years to come! Trust us, if we can do this project, so can you!

Thank you for reading! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our family to yours!

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Thanks! I enjoyed this blog post with the do it yourself recipe and recommendations. I have not done this with my dogs or other pets but I want to do it. It would make fun gifts for pet loving friends. Perhaps, a fun DIY pre-holiday party, too.